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... of mountains situated in a dry land (it is a desert). We found that it is also a utopian place of unity, peace and freedom. If the armies of Zero One sought to destroy humans, this would be an excellent place to take cover since this locale is so much more than ones and zeros.

In actuality, once the Mormon settlement of the Great Salt Lake area was established in 1847, Brigham Young sent scouts and settlers into the area to seek out arable land and potable ...

... at Baker, CA; a city that earns its name because when you're there you feel like you're in an oven. They have the world's tallest thermometer if you're interested. As we hit 3200 feet we were surrounded by the eerie Joshua trees that are unique to this desert. They are large spiny yuccas that grow in contorted shapes. They look like people in hell struggling, and they are beautiful and wonderful. I drove off the road for a few miles into ...

... where I was today in St. George, Utah. It felt like someone was holding a blow dryer to my face all day so I packed real heavy on the water. The extra weight makes me work that much harder...or does it? I couldn't tell you if there was 1 lb.of water or an extra 20 lbs. It feels the same to me.

I did some hard miles with my little legs today. I climbed up one pretty good pass, pushed through both dry and green desert ...

... br> In addition to the caves the natural beauty of the red rocks, red sand and petrified sand dunes can't be understated. There were many more plants here than in the Badlands which the cliffs were reminiscent of. The red sand was almost like powder it was so fine. We did discover some lizards and birds living in the rocks.

After the hike we came back to camp and went for a swim in their pool. We had hamburgers for dinner.